How to Deploy a LavaLoon Attack in Clash of Clans

For a basic LavaLoon attack in Clash of Clans, deploy Lava Hounds ahead of your Balloons. Use the Hounds to draw defensive fire, then send the Balloons toward defenses and time your spells to support their advance.

Basic deployment order

1. Check the base layout and identify the Air Defenses and Air Sweepers. The supplied strategy draft flags both as important to your entry and air-unit pathing.
2. Deploy Lava Hounds ahead of the Balloons so they take incoming fire first.
3. Send Balloons in a line or arc toward the defenses, adjusting the formation to the base layout.
4. Use Haste to help Balloons move between defenses and save Rage for a dense defensive area, such as the core.

The draft also recommends timing the Grand Warden’s Eternal Tome for a heavily defended section. These are general deployment suggestions; the supplied source does not provide a specific base, army composition, or troop levels to tailor them further.

Check the air path before attacking

Air Sweepers can disrupt the route you intend to take. If their direction threatens your planned entry, the draft suggests changing the approach or using Freeze to disable one. It also advises accounting for Clan Castle troops before sending the main force into the core, but does not specify a universal way to handle every possible defending army.

Plan the route first, send Hounds ahead of Balloons, and use spells where the defenses pose the greatest obstacle.